“I’m not crying because I have made a good living with Pro Stock. All I am saying is we have reached the point in drag
racing, and, in this case, Pro Stock, where we can no longer depend on sponsorship to fully fund our teams.” - LARRY MORGAN
MOVERS & SHAKERS
SPORTSMAN FIRST
Longtime sportsman racer turned Top Fuel
pilot Shawn Langdon shoots the breeze
with Michael Tedesco, father to Top Alcohol Dragster standout Mia Tedesco, in the
staging lanes at the NHRA Gatornationals.
On the Mic
T.J. Pruitt prepares to deliver round-by-round results from the $25k-to-win bracket
races at Memphis International Raceway on April 1-3. The broadcast was part of a live
feed being transmitted to DragCoverage.com, a racing website Pruitt launched 12 years
ago. Not only a talented racer himself, Pruitt is also the founder of the DragCoverage.
com Nationals, an exciting event held annually at Alabama’s Atmore Dragway.
DONE DEAL
Randy Merick, Dominic Blasco, Larry Jeffers and
Rich Mathews pose for a photo on the heels of
Jeffers and Merick inking a deal to purchase Dyno
Dom’s Sikeston Raceway from Blasco in early April.
Jeffers wasted little time in bringing Mathews in to
manage the south Missouri drag racing facility.
GRINNING
Sometimes a driver, sometimes a crew
chief, but always good for a laugh, Chase
Driscoll headed out to the starting line to
check the conditions prior to sending the
Alepa Racing Corvette down the eighthmile at Memphis International Raceway
during the Outlaw Street Car Reunion.
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NITRO SMALL TALK
NHRA team owner extraordinaire Don Schumacher
chats with driver/owner
Steve Torrence prior to nitro
qualifying at the recently
completed NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida.
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